Charlotte Harris, a lawyer for Mishcon de Reya who represents phone hacking
victims, tells the Leveson Inquiry that she and her family were spied on by
News International.

Giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking, Charlotte Harris said that the surveillance by News International was of "her family, her two children and perhaps the people around us".

News International has admitted that it placed her and her fellow lawyer Mark Lewis under surveillance as part of an apparent plot to compile a "dossier" and smear them about their private lives.

Ms Harris said the purpose of the report was to deter her from pursuing claims against News Group Newspapers – publishers of the Sun and the News of the World.

She was passed documents in May this year by a contact, which led to the discovery of surveillance documents produced for News International, she says.